The roles of pastor and theologian have gone their separate ways.
Throughout much of the church's history, these two roles have been
deeply intertwined, but in our contemporary setting, a troubling
bifurcation between them has developed. The result has been a
theologically weakened church and an ecclesially weakened theology.
The Center for Pastor Theologians (CPT) seeks to overcome this divide by
assisting pastors in the study and production of biblical and
theological scholarship for the theological renewal of the church and
the ecclesial renewal of theology. Based on the first CPT conference
in 2015, this volume brings together the reflections of church leaders
and academic theologians to consider how pastoral ministry and
theological scholarship might be reconnected once again. The
contributors consider several facets of the complex identity of the
pastor theologian, including the biblical, public, and political
dimensions of this calling. In addition, the essays explore the insights
that can be gained from historical examples of pastor
theologians?including John Calvin, John Henry Newman and Dietrich
Bonhoeffer?as well as the essential role of Scripture within the
ministry of the pastor theologian.
